Guitarist Rick Renstrom, who made a name for himself working with vocalist ROB ROCK and LEASH LAW has returned with an all new instrumental group called HOLMES AND SLICE, putting an end to his five year hiatus. The band includes Renstrom, bassist Rich Marks (BLACK REIGN), keyboardist Mistheria (Rob Rock, BRUCE DICKINSON) and drum legend Atma Anur (MACALPINE, BECKER, JOURNEY).

Recordings for the new album, entitled The Adventure Begins..., are well under way, with a release planned for summer / fall 2011. It includes 11 songs in neo-classical style combined with many progressive and blues influences.

Renstrom has checked in with the following update:

"Greetings friends and fans! It is my pleasure to announce this great new band called Holmes And Slice. It has been quite some time since I have been around, but thanks to the continued support from all of my fans, the time has now come to return to the style I love so much. It is a pleasure to work with these awesome musicians and fans of my previous works will enjoy this very much and I believe many new listeners will be interested as we really hit the music spectrum on all fronts. More news to come soon. Anyone interested can email us at holmesandslice@yahoo.com for more info. Looking forward to you all hearing this very soon"

Back in May 2005, Renstrom spoke excluisvely with BW&BK; about his decision to hang up his guitar, at least for a while:

"A couple of other people asked me the same thing, but NO I haven't quit guitar. I'm still playing. However, I am taking a long break from the scene. Due to many events in 2004, like the canceled PRIMAL FEAR/Rob Rock European tour, getting dropped by Mascot, then receiving plenty of rejections from other labels for a new solo record, Richard (Christy, drums, Leash Law, ex-CONTROL DENIED) left for NYC and my friend/engineer passing away..I just felt my time had come and gone. Seems the world's just too much saturated with shred guitarists and metal bands. I've tried virtually everything to make it in this industry, but feel I have fallen short of being the 'big guitar hero' I always envisioned. I am very satisfied with the things I have accomplished and feel very blessed, since there are so many other musicians that might never record on nine albums and tour around the world. I am very thankful for all the fans who have supported me and my career, but it doesn't seem to be enough for the labels to be interested in me anymore."
"I feel that a large amount of metal fans are just simply downloading records, burning them to CD and never really go out and buy it. It really hurts people like me who are trying so hard to put out great records, but fail in sales and simply get dropped so the label can just write it off and try with someone else."

Watch for more details and information on Holmes And Slice, coming soon.